Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 13, 2021

Geographic potential of the world’s largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America

Claudia Nuñez-Penichet, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Victor H. Gonzalez, Marlon E. Cobos, Laura Jiménez, Devon A. DeRaad, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Rusby G. Contreras-Díaz, Angela Nava-Bolaños, Kaera Utsumi, Uzma Ashraf, Adeola Adeboje, A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10690 PubMed 33520462

January 25, 2021

Description and rediagnosis of the crested hadrosaurid (Ornithopoda) dinosaur Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus on the basis of new cranial remains

Terry A. Gates, David C. Evans, Joseph J.W. Sertich

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10669 PubMed 33552721

January 15, 2021

A new caimanine alligatorid from the Middle Eocene of Southwest Texas and implications for spatial and temporal shifts in Paleogene crocodyliform diversity

Michelle R. Stocker, Christopher A. Brochu, E. Christopher Kirk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10665 PubMed 33520458

January 21, 2021

The influence of rare birds on observer effort and subsequent rarity discovery in the American birdwatching community

Jesse A. Laney, Tyler A. Hallman, Jenna R. Curtis, W. Douglas Robinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10713 PubMed 33552730

January 12, 2021

Records of ctenophores from South Africa

Mark J. Gibbons, Steve H.D. Haddock, George I. Matsumoto, Craig Foster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10697 PubMed 33520464

January 8, 2021

Silk derived formulations for accelerated wound healing in diabetic mice

Muniba Tariq, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Samima Asad Butt, Shaukat Ali, Asma Bashir Ahmad, Chand Raza, Muhammad Summer, Ali Hassan, Junaid Nadeem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10232 PubMed 33510964

January 4, 2021

The tail-tale of stress: an exploratory analysis of cortisol levels in the tail-hair of captive Asian elephants

Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel, Hiroki Yoneda, Moe Yanagi, Raman Sukumar, Kodzue Kinoshita

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10445 PubMed 33505782

January 28, 2021

Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n.

Mostafa R. Sharaf, Amr A. Mohamed, Brendon E. Boudinot, James K. Wetterer, Francisco Hita Garcia, Hathal M. Al Dhafer, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10726 PubMed 33575129

January 21, 2021

A review of the carotid artery and facial nerve canal systems in extant turtles

Yann Rollot, Serjoscha W. Evers, Walter G. Joyce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10475 PubMed 33552706

January 28, 2021

Effects of dietary fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) seed powder supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, small intestinal morphology, and carcass traits of broilers

Huihui Liu, Jinlu Li, Shuqin Lin, Ting Liu, Chen Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10308 PubMed 33575119

January 29, 2021

Brown bear communication hubs: patterns and correlates of tree rubbing and pedal marking at a long-term marking site

Eloy Revilla, Damián Ramos Fernández, Alberto Fernández-Gil, Agnieszka Sergiel, Nuria Selva, Javier Naves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10447 PubMed 33575120

January 22, 2021

Acoustic cues to individuality in wild male adult African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Kaja Wierucka, Michelle D. Henley, Hannah S. Mumby

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10736 PubMed 33552734

January 5, 2021

Bacterial meta-analysis of chicken cecal microbiota

Luis Alberto Chica Cardenas, Viviana Clavijo, Martha Vives, Alejandro Reyes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10571 PubMed 33505795

January 5, 2021

Improving insect conservation across heterogeneous landscapes using species–habitat networks

Andree Cappellari, Lorenzo Marini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10563 PubMed 33505794

January 20, 2021

Offshore marine actinopterygian assemblages from the Maastrichtian–Paleogene of the Pindos Unit in Eurytania, Greece

Thodoris Argyriou, Donald Davesne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10676 PubMed 33552722

January 26, 2021

A trace fossil made by a walking crayfish or crayfish-like arthropod from the Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation of southwestern Utah, USA

Makae Rose, Jerald D. Harris, Andrew R.C. Milner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10640 PubMed 33569249

January 22, 2021

Prebiotic supplementation effect on Escherichia coli and Salmonella species associated with experimentally induced intestinal coccidiosis in rabbits

Shawky M. Aboelhadid, Shaymaa Hashem, El-Sayed Abdel-Kafy, Lilian N. Mahrous, Eman M. Farghly, Abdel-Azeem S. Abdel-Baki, Saleh Al-Quraishy, Asmaa A. Kamel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10714 PubMed 33552731

January 5, 2021

A new species of Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from seamounts of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park

María de los Ángeles Gallardo Salamanca, Enrique Macpherson, Jan M. Tapia Guerra, Cynthia M. Asorey, Javier Sellanes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10531 PubMed 33505787

January 29, 2021

Transcriptome analysis reveals liver metabolism programming in kids from nutritional restricted goats during mid-gestation

Chao Yang, Xiaoling Zhou, Hong Yang, Kefyalew Gebeyew, Qiongxian Yan, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhixiong He, Zhiliang Tan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10593 PubMed 33575124

January 12, 2021

Molecular systematics of the Sicista tianschanica species complex: a contribution from historical DNA analysis

Vladimir S. Lebedev, Yulia Kovalskaya, Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Elena D. Zemlemerova, Anna A. Bannikova, Mikhail Yu Rusin, Vera A. Matrosova